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Operational Risk Manager (Finance)

Revolut

Revolut

Accounting & Finance
Barcelona, Spain · Kraków, Poland · Lisbon, Portugal · Madrid, Spain · Porto, Portugal
Posted on Jan 19, 2025

Operational Risk Manager (Finance)

Office: Barcelona · Krakow · Lisbon · Madrid · Porto Remote: Poland · Portugal · Spain

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 50+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Risk team sits at the very core of Revolut. Those special agents work across functions, products, and regions to monitor front-line performance and ensure that the business is on safe footing. People in the Risk team are among the first in the company to get involved in new business initiatives, from app technology, through treasury and finance, to customer support.

We’re looking for an Operational Risk Manager to work closely with the Head of Risk and key stakeholders across the company. You'll improve our financial risk management framework and governance structures, while using data to track and report risk exposures.

Up for the challenge? Let’s get in touch.

What you’ll be doing

  • Collaborating with the first line of defence (1LOD) to identify, assess, document, and regularly review risks of all types
  • Providing oversight and guidance to the 1LOD in the design, implementation, and effectiveness testing of business controls
  • Working on projects to achieve and maintain SOX compliance
  • Developing and implementing risk policies, procedures, key indicators, and appetite statement
  • Monitoring risks against limits and thresholds, producing reports to management and other relevant stakeholders
  • Working with local and global stakeholders in risk incident management, including registration of risk events, investigation, and root cause analysis
  • Managing and delivering risk incident reports to senior management
  • Coordinating the local New Initiatives Approval Process, ensuring appropriate stakeholder engagement and governance
  • Overseeing and managing operational performance of third-party vendors and suppliers
  • Facilitating appropriate risk awareness and risk culture amongst staff members

What you'll need

  • 3+ years of experience in risk management or a related role within financial services
  • Experience with Big 4 audit firms and/or SOX compliance audit/advisory
  • Impressive data skills, ideally working with SQL

Nice to have

  • An MBA
  • Audit experience
  • Experience with tech startups, especially those which have gone through IPO

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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